Figurine
Object Number:
48-2-240
Current Location:
Rome Gallery
Culture:
Roman
Provenience:
Turkey (Country)
Samsoun
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Bronze
Iconography:
Goddess
Man
Sacrifice
Description:
Female deity. Green patina. Figure is complete. Stands on low base, extending her right hand in which she holds a patera. Clutches a triangular object to her breast with her left hand. Wears a chiton and himation, with left shoulder exposed. Drapery is coarsely rendered in large folds on the front and only vaguely indicated on the back. Quite flat in profile.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harold) Paumgarten
Other Number:
| 176 | - | Field No SF |
| L-2-35 | - | Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Roman World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Book] Warden, Gregory P. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 37
[Catalogue] Moore, Charlotte B. 1969. Description and analysis of the bronze and lead objects in the Herman V. Hilprecht Collection, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.
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